Moon landings, rocket launches, and asteroid missions dominated 2023 space exploration. 2023: Lunar Missions, SpaceX Setbacks, and Upcoming Rocket Launches Shape Space Exploration Russia and a Japanese corporation failed to land on the moon, but India did. US astronauts were scheduled to fly around the moon in 2024. Both launches of SpaceX’s Starship, the most … Read more
A malfunctioning gyroscope forced the Hubble Space Telescope into automatic safe mode in November. Hubble Telescope Restarts After Gyroscope Fix NASA currently reports that the telescope is operational. The agency stated on December 8 that the iconic observatory is healthy and employing all three gyroscopes to continue science operations. Incorrect readings from one of Hubble’s … Read more
European Space Agency officials call the picture by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope a “ghostly assemblage of stars.” NASA Hubble Space Telescope captures the ghostly assemblage of stars A distant galaxy sparkles from the soft glow from the sky of its many tiny stars in a recent photo from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. … Read more